Nicky Campbell

Nicky Campbell

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Campbell speaking at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London in 2018
Born (1961-04-10) 10 April 1961 (age 60)
Edinburgh, Scotland
EducationEdinburgh Academy
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
TelevisionWheel of Fortune
Top of the Pops
Watchdog
For the Rest of Your Life
The Big Questions
Long Lost Family
Spouse(s)Linda Larnach (divorced)
Tina Ritchie (m. 1997)
Children4

Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish radio and television presenter and journalist.

He has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme since 2003, BBC One's Sunday morning show The Big Questions since 2007, and Long Lost Family on ITV since 2011. He presented the game show Wheel of Fortune from 1988 until 1996, and the consumer affairs programme Watchdog from 2001 to 2009.

Early life

Campbell was born in Edinburgh and adopted at four days old. He was educated at the independent school Edinburgh Academy. His adoptive mother was a psychiatric social worker and his adoptive father a publisher of maps.

Career

Early career

Nicky Campbell presenting the Radio 1 Roadshow from Helensburgh in July 1989

After graduating from the University of Aberdeen with a 2:1 in history, Campbell toyed with the idea of becoming an actor and got involved in commercial production for radio to gain his Equity card. At university, Campbell's best friend had been the actor Iain Glen. He worked at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen from 1981 to 1985, first as a jingle writer, before going on to host the breakfast show.

라디오

캠벨은 1986-87년 런던 방송국 캐피털 라디오에서 일했으며, 가끔 뮤직 박스에 출연하기도 했으며 1987년 BBC 라디오 1에 입사해 오후 10시부터 자정까지 토요일 밤 쇼를 선보였다. 1988년 초에는 사이먼 메이요로부터 오전 6시부터 오전 8시까지 주말 새벽 쇼를 이어받았고, 1988년 10월에는 월요일부터 목요일까지 밤 10시부터 자정까지 외출한 ' 속으로'라는 이름을 붙인 음악과 인터뷰 쇼를 선보였다. 게스트로는 1991년 보수당 크리스 패튼 의장이 라디오1이 10번에게 초청장을 보내자 총리에게 이 쇼를 추천한 후 캠벨이 존 메이저를 인터뷰하는 등 정치권 인사들이 포함됐다. 그는 또한 코미디언 인생의 마지막 해에 정기적으로 프랭키 호어드가 합류했다. 1993년 8월에는 데이브 트라비스의 방송사 사임에 이어 캠벨도 오전 10시부터 오후 1시까지 일요일 아침 쇼를 맡았다.[1]

캠벨은 1993년 10월 병든 아내를 돌보기 위해 잠시 방송국을 떠났다. 1994년 초에는 오후 4시부터 오후 7시까지 평일 드라이브타임 쇼를, 1995년에는 오후 2시부터 4시까지 오후 쇼를 맡았다. 캠벨은 많은 청중들을 끌어 모았고, 라디오 2가 지미 영의 후임자를 원했을 때, 그는 BBC의 선택임을 밝히고, 자신과 라디오 2의 통제관 사이의 일련의 만남을 상세히 설명했다. 그러나 이후 BBC는 캠벨이 직접 회의를 시작했다고 주장했고, 그의 공개 폭로는 그렉 다이크의 분노를 촉발시켰다.[2]

캠벨은 1997년 10월 BBC 라디오 1을 떠나 뉴스 및 스포츠 방송사인 BBC 라디오 5 라이브에 합류했으며, 방송국의 대표인 로저 모지가 이 자리를 제안했다. 그는 2003년 1월 아침식사 시간대줄리안 워리커를 교체하기 전 5년 넘게 5년 동안 아침식사 프로그램을 발표했는데, 처음에는 빅토리아 더비셔와 공동 발표하였다. 2004년부터 2011년까지 그는 쉘라 포가티와 함께 이 프로그램을 공동 진행하였다. 2011년 5월 포가티는 조찬 쇼에서 탈퇴하고 레이첼 짐으로 대체되었다.[3] 캠벨은 짐(오전 6시 30분과는 달리 오전 6시 30분)보다 30분 늦게 프로그램에 참여하며, 쇼가 전화(Your Call)이라는 주제 이벤트가 되면 보통 마지막에 1시간 동안 스스로 프로그램을 계속한다. 그는 또한 라디오에서 "Now You're Talking"이라는 대화형 프로그램을 선보였다.

On 5 November 2021, Campbell presented his final Breakfast show on BBC Radio 5 Live as he prepares to host a new phone-in programme on the network.[4]

Television

Campbell presented the British version of Wheel of Fortune (produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network) from 1988 to 1996.

He regularly hosted Top of the Pops from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997. In the 1990s, Campbell fronted Central Weekend on Central Television in the English Midlands and Carlton Live in London with Richard Littlejohn and then Andrew Neil.

In 2001, Campbell began presenting the BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog. He presented the show alongside Kate Gerbeau until 2004 and then alongside Julia Bradbury from 2004 until 2009, when it was revealed that Anne Robinson would replace Campbell and Bradbury for the next series of Watchdog, which began airing in September 2009.

In 2006, Campbell appeared in the singing show Just the Two of Us, with Beverley Knight.

From 2007 until 2009, Campbell hosted For the Rest of Your Life for Endemol, beginning in May 2007. Campbell featured in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that aired 11 July 2007, where he was seen tracing his adoptive family's roots in Scotland and Australia.

Campbell also narrates the CBeebies show "Our Story".[5]

He currently presents The Big Questions on BBC One and has done so since 2007. He hosted the second series of the BBC Two quiz show Battle of the Brains in 2009. He replaced Paddy O'Connell, who presented the first series.

Since 2011, Campbell has co-presented the BAFTA award-winning Long Lost Family, with Davina McCall on ITV.[6] The show aims to reunite family members and as of 2021, ten series have aired. Campbell also co-hosted BBC One's Your Money Their Tricks opposite Rebecca Wilcox and Sian Williams in July 2013.

In early 2014, Campbell presented four-part series Wanted: A Family of My Own beginning 24 April on ITV.[7] In 2015, he wrote and presented an episode of Perspectives on his great love for 'The Great American Song Book' and a one-off episode called Rebuild Our Home, both for ITV.[8]

Music

Campbell started out as a jingle writer and when he was on BBC Radio 1 from 1987 to 1997, he wrote a lot of music for the station. He has written and co-produced a jazz swing album for singer and actor Mark Moraghan, Moonlight's Back in Style, released on Linn Records in September 2009. Campbell and Moraghan met on Just the Two of Us in 2006. Campbell is a company director of Mhor Music Ltd.,[9] an original music company producing bespoke and original music for feature film, television, corporate media, online content and ringtones; and Mhor Productions Ltd., a supplier of radio and television programming and broadcasting activities.

Campbell and Kate Robbins co-wrote and recorded an album, We're Just Passing Through, which was released on 7 July 2014.

Other work

In 2004, he wrote a book called 'Blue Eyed Son', about his own adoption experience. Campbell currently narrates the C5 Documentary series Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords (June 2019).

Awards and honours

Campbell has won seven Sony Awards, including a Gold Award in 2007 for the Radio 5 Live Breakfast programme as "Best News and Current Affairs Programme" (with Shelagh Fogarty). In 2008, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

In 2013, Long Lost Family won a Royal Television Society Award for best 'Popular Factual' programme and in 2014 a Television BAFTA award for best "Features Programme". It was nominated for a National Television Award in the "Factual Programme" category, but lost out to Gogglebox.

Campbell was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours, for his services to children.[10]

Personal life

Campbell met his first wife Linda Larnach, a divorcee with two sons while working at a local radio station in Scotland, eight years his senior. They moved to North London where he would later nurse her through a health scare and ME, and encouraged his young stepsons in their footballing endeavours, he hosted auctions to raise funds for their local amateur club. He reportedly took time out from his career during Larnach's illness.[11] When they subsequently parted she gave interviews in which she claimed his career break, had been a publicity stunt.[12]

캠벨은 1997년 12월 켄싱턴에서 버진라디오뉴스의 전 대표인 언론인 크리스티나 '티나' 리치와 결혼했으며 이 부부는 4명의 딸을 두고 있다.[13] 캠벨은 조울증 진단을 받았고 우울증과 삶의 도전에 대처하는 어려움에 대해 솔직하게 이야기했다.[14]

1989년, 첫 결혼 기간 동안 캠벨은 라르나흐가 생모를 추적하는 데 도움을 주었다. 두 번째 결혼과 리치와의 친자녀 4명의 탄생에 이어 2002년 아일랜드의 친아버지를 찾기로 결심했다. 그의 생모는 더블린 개신교 집안 출신이었지만, 친아버지는 그녀보다 13살 어린 북 아일랜드 가톨릭 신자였다. 그는 또한 그의 할아버지가 1919-1921년에 IRA에 있었고, 그의 친아버지는 1950년대 IRA에서 활동했으며, 여전히 아일랜드 공화당의 견해를 가지고 있다는 것을 발견했다. 그러나 이러한 주장은 그의 생가 구성원들에 의해 크게 논란이 되었는데, 그의 아버지는 개신교 신자였지만, 그의 할아버지는 선출된 공화당 정부에 충성하는 가르다 시오차나의 일원이었다.[15]

2004년에 캠벨은 입양되어 아일랜드의 친부모와 그의 대가족을 추적하고 있는 그의 이야기인 블루 아이드 손[입양 이야기]을 썼다. 그의 생가 양쪽 모두 이 책을 돕고 기고했다. 그의 생모인 스텔라는 2007년에 세상을 떠났다. 캠벨은 그녀의 더블린 장례식에서 말했다. 그의 책과 입양을 촉진하는 그의 업적의 결과, 그는 영국 입양 육성을 위한 협회의 후원자가 되어 달라는 요청을 받았다.[16]

그는 또한 동물권리 문제에 대한 캠페인에 깊이 관여하고 있다. 그는 매년 열리는 '코끼리와 코뿔소를 위한 행진곡'에서 연설했으며, 전국 언론을 위한 이슈에 대해 폭넓게 글을 썼다. 그는 윌 트래버스, 버지니아 맥케나, Born Free Foundation과 긴밀히 협력한다.[17]

그는 살포드, 클라팜, 글레넬에 집을 가지고 있다.[citation needed]

2019년 12월 12일 캠벨은 소셜미디어를 통해 어머니 쉴라가 96세의 나이로 사망했다고 발표했다.[18] 그녀는 2007년 아들의 Who Do You Think You Are 에피소드에 출연했었다.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes
1991–2001 Central Weekend Presenter Central Television
1988–1996 Wheel of Fortune Presenter Scottish Television
1988–1991 You'd Better Believe It! Presenter Grampian Television Only screened in Scotland.
1988–1991, 1994–1997 Top of the Pops Presenter BBC One
2001–2009 Watchdog Co-presenter With Kate Gerbeau and Julia Bradbury
2006 Just the Two of Us Contestant First series
2007–2009 For the Rest of Your Life Presenter ITV
2007– The Big Questions Presenter BBC One
2009 Battle of the Brains Presenter BBC Two
2011– Long Lost Family Co-presenter ITV With Davina McCall
2012–2014 My Story Narrator CBeebies
2013 Your Money Their Tricks Co-presenter BBC One With Sian Williams and Rebecca Wilcox
2014 Wanted: A Family of My Own Presenter ITV 1 series
2015 Perspectives: The Great American Love Song Presenter Guest presenter; 1 episode
Rebuild Our Home Presenter One-off episode
2017 All Star Musicals[19] Participant
2018 Coronation Street's DNAo Presenter One-off Episode
2020 The Chase Celebrity Special Contestant Christmas Special
Radio
Year Network Programme Role Notes
1981–85 Northsound Radio weekdays Presenter
1987–? BBC Radio 1 Saturdays, 10 pm Presenter
1988–? Weekends, 6 – 8 am Presenter
1993 Sundays, 10 am – 1 pm Presenter
1994 Weekdays, 4 – 7 pm Presenter
1995 Weekdays, 2–4 pm Presenter
1997–2003 BBC Radio 5 Live Mid-morning Presenter
2003–2021 Breakfast show Presenter
2021 Mid-morning Presenter

References

  1. ^ Garfield, Simon. The Nation's Favourite (1998)
  2. ^ "Oiling his wheel of fortune". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Rachel Burden announced as new 5 Live Breakfast presenter". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Nicky Campbell praises co-host Rachel Burden on his last 5 Live Breakfast show". BBC. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ "New series of My Story". bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Davina McCall for new 'Long Lost Family'". digitalspy.co.uk. 3 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Wanted: A Family of My Own Episode 1". itv.com.
  8. ^ "Rebuild Our Home Episode 1". itv.com.
  9. ^ "Mhor Music Limited – Company Profile & Information". duedil.com.
  10. ^ "Nicky Campbell shocked by OBE while bioscientist Professor Downes leads acclaimed Scots". Daily Express. 13 June 2015.
  11. ^ "AM/FM Online Edition #16: 1993". amfm.org.uk.
  12. ^ "Long Lost Family on ITV1: Is Nicky Campbell married? How old is he?". Entertainment Daily. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Nicky Campbell: My life in media". The Independent. London. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Long Lost Family's Nicky Campbell speaks candidly about shock health diagnosis". HELLO!. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Nicky Campbell stands by claim he is son of IRA man". guardian.co.uk. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2003.
  16. ^ "Nicky Campbell: Biography KidsAid". kidsaid.org.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Our Celebrity Supporters". Born Free Foundation. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Nicky Campbell pays tribute to 'wonderful mum'". BBC News. 12 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Press Releases".

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Preceded by
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Host of Wheel of Fortune
1988–96
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Rector of the University of St Andrews
1991–1993
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